With the impressive performance of Pedro Beato so far this season, I am beginning to see some similarities of another young pitcher that I have grown quite fond of over the years. If you have not heard of Joakim Soria, here’s a quick synopsis. Soria is the closer for the Kansas City Royals with 138 career saves to his name and a career ERA of 2.13. He came to the Royals through the Rule 5...
Read MoreThe Mets lost the opener last night, and it was a rough one. It was a back and forth for the majority in the game and after a high energy top of the ninth where the Mets got out of a runner on third with no outs, they responded with putting runners on in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t get the job done. The Giants hit the go ahead homer in the top of the tenth. Tonight the Mets draw...
Read MoreR.A. Dickey was hit hard today, and despite two home runs and six runs of offense, the Mets couldn’t win today, with the bullpen coughing up the winning run, and losing in extra innings 7-6 to the Giants Game Notes R.A. Dickey was the victim of bad luck, an aggressive offense and an inability to locate his pitchers. R.A. allowed six runs on five hits in six innings, walking one and...
Read MoreMets lost 7-6 tonight against the Giants, but the play on the field told a different story and it wasn’t as close as the score would suggest. This was a sloppy game for the Mets, with plenty of fundamental errors, mental lapses and too many missed opportunities to count. Josh Thole had three hits, but the bad far outweighed the good. The box score shows only one error for him, but the...
Read MoreYesterday, outfielder Angel Pagan got into his first game since going down with a strained left oblique. Pagan went 1-for-4 with a walk while playing five innings in an extended spring training game in Port St. Lucie. It was originally reported by some that the oblique strain suffered by Pagan could take a minimum of three weeks to fully heal, but it now appears that Pagan may make it back in...
Read MoreJoel Sherman of the NY Post has a rough take on where the Mets are and even says it’s okay for some Mets fans to be delusional about the Mets chances this year. Thanks Joel. He also discusses some of the potential trade options for the Mets and of course it’s the same usual suspects; Jose Reyes, Frankie Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran. However, for those that say the Mets would get very...
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